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Author Topic: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths  (Read 5542 times)

justice

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[Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« on: July 29, 2014, 03:23 AM »
I'm using Screenshot Captor on a PC where the user's home directory, desktop and documents folders are stored on a network drive (stupid idea) and this is causing startup issues with the following message:

Error moving files: could not create directory OLDER

This is followed by:
Screenshot Captor - Disabling the auto-moving of old screenshots from now on. If you wish to re-enable it, see the 'Saving and Loading Files' tab in options.

Then a folder is created in the root of the harddisk with the name and path of the networkshare ie C:\SERVER\path\to\homedrive\DonationCoder\ScreenshotCaptor because SC does not understand UNC paths (\\SERVER\share).

SC then proceeds to startup correctly.

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Re: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2014, 10:35 PM »
If you make the folder (structure) manually on the UNC location, can ScreenshotCaptor access it?

In case that is true, that would solve your immediate problem at least.

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Re: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 07:10 AM »
No SC can't access the folder even after moving it.

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Re: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2014, 09:22 PM »
Im having a hard time reproducing this; can you make sure you are running the latest version and then let me know if the original problem is still occurring?

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Re: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2014, 07:46 AM »
In ScreenshotCaptor v4.8.5 the issue is resolved. I removed the root folder and it's no longer recreated.

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Re: [Error] Network homedirectory problem UNC paths
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2014, 09:55 AM »
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